Sixth Biennial Report Of The Custodian Of Public Buildings And Property

Author : John W. Vest
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267383405
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Fifth Biennial Report of the Custodian of Public Buildings and Property written by John W. Vest and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fifth Biennial Report of the Custodian of Public Buildings and Property: For the Fiscal Years 1897 and 1898 The Indiana State Capitol is Situated on squares 48 and 53, city of Indianapolis, which squares are bounded by Ohio Street on the north, Capitol Avenue (formerly Tennessee Street) on the east, Washington Street on the south, and Senate Avenue (formerly Mississippi Street) on the west, making a tract of land 930 feet in length, 420 feet in width and containing about nine acres. The 14th Congress of the United States, first session, Chapter 57, approved April 19, 1816, donated to the State of Indiana four sections of land in township 15, north of range 3, east of the first principal meridian, for a seat of Government, in which is located square 53, formerly occupied by the old State House, and now part of the present site. The north half of the present Site consisted of square 48, which contained 12 lots, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, respectively. On Marohl 4, 1873, the State acquired lot 3 by purchase from W. P. And E. P. Gallup, for the sum of the remaining lots of the above men tioned square were deeded to the State of Indiana by the City of Indianapolis, in consideration of the sum of one dollar by a quit claim deed, December 7, 1877, recorded January 7, 1878, in Book Town Lots, No. 110, page 599, in Recorder's Office, Marion County. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.